2025 Election Preview: Pittsburgh Mayoral Candidate Corey O'Connor (D)

Primary: defeated Ed Gainey by 3,300 votes (52.59%-47.09%)
Experience: Allegheny County Controller (2023-present); Pittsburgh city councilor (2012-22)
Priorities
- Champion inclusive and strong economic development efforts that will support City’s small businesses, invest in workforce development, attract new business opportunities, and grow tax base.
- Bringing more housing to Pittsburgh
- Implementing Strategic Debt Management Practices and Creating a Capital Stabilization Reserve
- Reverse trend of losing families, children, and taxpayer dollars to the suburbs.
- Advocating for and supporting housing insecure Pittsburghers by appropriately funding rental and housing assistance programs
Fundraising: $367,703 from June 10 through September 15
Education: B.A, Duquesne University ’06
Quotable: “We have difficult work in the years ahead. We have a crumbling budget, we have crumbling infrastructure. We need a mayor who is going to be honest and transparent with our budget crisis.”




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